fifth day in swiss..
so see since (like i've said in previous post) i have paid freakingg 260 good sgd on the swiss pass i must make full use of it.. (the singaporean-ness in me is acting up) and fyi, in swiss, the train tickets.. how much it cost doesnt really only depends ur destination but also by what route u take. so then for the past few days.. we have been travelling (te shortest route) cutting through the center of swiss to get to where we wanna go.. (fyi again, lausanne - where i stayed is at the south western end of swiss) so like ya.. so then cus fifth day.. sunday.. then esther and jess had to do some admin stuff in preparation for sch the next day. AND also after 2 days of hanging out with me and my insane travelling ways, they are dead tired and need rest. so like ya.. and since i bought swiss pass (really, highly recommended despite the high cost cus it FORCES you to go out and make full use of it.. aha) so then i went off to the other end of swiss -st. gallen!
and since for the past few days ive been travelling the shortest possible route, i decided to be adventurous and have a change of scenery and took one of the longest route to st. gallen. along the french borders of swiss.
the change in scenry. green green and more greenery!!
so then.. obviously it wasnt really THAT worth the long ride since i think i took a few naps here and there in between and hence missed out some sights.. but oh wells.. hehe..
saw this little thingy on the wall.. feels (unbased here people) that its a very apt reflection of st. gallen.ok so then i reached st. gallen. kind esther actually loaned me her treasured lonely planet guide to switzerland which really saved my life cus i went st. gallen on sunday.. and note this people: in most of europe.. sunday is like an off day to them.. and by off day it really meant off day in the sense that even the shops and stores are closed. no shopping centres, no nothing cept for a few eateries here and there.. NOT MUCH THO.. so then st. gallen was like a dead town. -.- wasted i know but oh wells..
so then cus its SUNDAY and the tourist information centre is CLOSED -.-||| then i had to like rely on the lonely planet guide book and also my fantastic sense of direction. -.- so ya.
the ghost town
people -less streeets...
this street name.. i totally love it.. pic-o-pello-platz.. machiam like nursery rhymes..
so then i was like walking upslope.. then the thing with st.gallen is that you always think you're like at the top already only to find out that there's higher places.. aha.. so then i was climbing up the slopes and like wow.. im so high up..
i mean looking down and i see this. HOW HIGH IS THAT?!
see then this is like a park where like there is a fountain in the centre. (if u can see it the water sprouting out from it) so cus i was walking uphill and kinda like following the stream, i tot i had reached the top when i see this lake with a fountain.. I WAS WRONG.
in swiss i realised they like like LOVE murals (is that what you call them?) on the walls of buildings..so then i was like walking and saw this big area of abundant snow.. and like i've stated before, i have no idea why i would fly all the way to swiss to do silly stuff like making snow angels when i am able to make perfectly nice snow angels in lulea.. o.O thy stupidity of me.. seriously
my successful attempt at making a snow angel!!! luvluv~~
so then higher and higher up i trudged... and finally reaching the top.
then there was like this thingy which allows u to see like the town of st. gallen up close. but apparently.. when i tried lookin through the telescope.. i can only see the sky.. cus my eyelevel is at the level of the eyehole of the telescope when it is at rest (as shown in the photo) so like i cant see the town cus then the level where which one place their eye is higher and sadly.. i couldnt reach.. so oh wells.. a picture of the telescope is better than nothing.. =s
view of st. gallen
view of st. gallen from the top.. but kinda pathetic tho..
ok then cus when one goes up, they must come down. one way or another..
my way down.. took me eons to climb down cans.. scared shitless.. (okay MAYBE not to such extreme.. but i really took me time going down.. hee)
the teeny mini glacier i saw near the (equally) mini waterfall
so then after i got down.. i decided to check out the oh-so-famous library in st. gallen.so this library is located in some boys' sch which also doubles up as a church.
you gotta love the artistic talents of the swiss.. all their murals (on the ceiling).. fantastic.. amazing.. lol..
and not forgetting their stained glass windows..so then apparently this sch-that-doubles-up-as-a-church actually has some like exhibit museum of the ancient relics/remains of the old building.
so i went in and like took pictures like a maniac.. (i mean PEOPLE pay good money to go these palces and see.. so i might as well snap piuctures and show u guys.. aha.. so u guys can save money.. ) only to realised that its REALLY not that interesting and like nobody would really want to see the pictures and i also wouldnt be bothered to upload all of them either here or facebook.. so.. :S silly me
the stones found long long time ago...
some of their carving works..
the buildingso then after i went into the library where there are like exhibits of the old works and stuff of the people that were there long long time ago.. hmm.. not really THAT interesting cus like even though there is like a writeup of what the exhibits were, the actual labelling is in german or whatever language it is in and i couldnt understand.. so like.. exhibit 2 there is like 7 articles in the case and i wouldnt know which is which just that one of them is like a textbook, another is like a certificate etc.. kinda shit.. but qte cool la.. and the handwriting all damn nice.. drawings too...
aha so thena fter tt left the place to like walk summore.. :S
aha so thena fter tt left the place to like walk summore.. :S
the streets of st. gallen.
the little statues that's so damn cuteso then that bout ends my fifth day.. went back took a train to zurich.. wanted to hang around zurich before catching my train but ended up chatting with the hotdog seller instead.
o.O apparently i went to get hotdog.. (its like a hole is drilled into a bun and like the hotdog is place inside... cool or wad) then like the guy selling the hotdog asked me where i was from.. and i was like "hmm this guy so friendly" so ended up chatting with him...
but like the more we chat the more i find something is wrong cus he was like asking me whether i was free the next day so he could show me around zurich and i was like nono.. im with frens.. and they have plans for me while im here.. and he was like why dont u come back someday so i could show u around? (i told him im from singapore but left out the part that i was in exchange in sweden) so i was like o.O fly all the way from singapore to swiss just so u can show me around.. funny ar.. so like i was like nono.. expensive.. and he was like offering to buy me plane tix or soemthing.. -.- and i was like oh the tix 's real expensive like 4000-5000 francs.. then he was asking me whether i have any bf in swiss and i was like no.. then he was like so do u have any bf back home.. and i was like ya.. and he was like oh so u have bf in sg but u dun have a bf here in swiss la.. (wtf?!?!) faints.. then he was like saying how he married a swiss (he's actually from africa) and now he's a swiss citizen but he's divorced and so he's lonely and wants to make frens.. =.= like errr ur definition of frens and my definition of frens ABITT diff ar.. then i made some silly excuse about have to do some stuff before catching my train and i left him.. -.-
OH and he offered to let me stay over at his place. after some drinks and dancing.. o.O and thank goodness he gave me his no. but like i didnt gave him mine.. so whew.. close call.. -.-
so yups.. tt bout ends my trip to st. gallen.. sunday... not much people around but went like hiking sooo.. coolios all around! and i got back just in time for the dinner that jess and esther made.. hehe.. luvluv~~
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